The Almost Dropouts: Recent Episodes
Daivik Goel
A Podcast by Daivik Goel. Here to discuss tech, life, and other interesting things with some really great people!
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What has been interesting about moving from Amazon to leading a Product Team at a startup?
What are some challenges now moving into a senior leadership position?
What approach do you take when developing products?
These are some of the questions I asked Shreyas Sali in this episode of the Almost Dropouts Podcast. Shreyas is Head of Product at Spocket, a startup focused on connecting online entrepreneurs with dropshipping suppliers. Prior to Spocket, Shreyas has worked as a Product Manager at Amazon and Elastic Path Software.
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Shoe Designer,
Serial Entrepreneur,
Venture Capitalist,
National Figure Skater
It would be remarkable to talk to someone doing any one of these things, let alone someone who has done all of them. But that is exactly what I had the privilege of doing this week on The Almost Dropouts podcast when I was able to speak with Collin Thompson. Collin has one of the most unique stories I have ever heard and it is one I believe is really valuable to hear. It is filled with perseverance, hard work, and being able to be intrepid in new ventures.
We had a great conversation about training in LA with Olympic figure skaters, moving to Hong Kong, being a renowned shoe designer, talking to Vitalik about Crypto, creating a blockchain venture studio, and creating a company to support work from home.
Check out Intrepid:
Website: https://intrepidventures.typeform.com
Guest: Collin Thompson
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/collinthompson/
Twitter: https://mobile.twitter.com/icollinthompson
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Youtube: https://youtu.be/DRuFo2w5Eww
Hosted by: Daivik Goel
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In this episode, I had the pleasure of having Jeremy Hartmann, on the podcast. Jeremy recently got his Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Waterloo as well has founded his new startup Mtion Interactive, a new metaverse initiative focused on content creators! We talk about the work he is doing, the adoption of AR/VR technologies, and what excites him about the metaverse!
Check out Mtion Interactive:
Website: https://www.mtion.tv
Guest: Jeremy Hartmann
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jjhartmann/
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/jjhartmann/
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In this episode, I had the pleasure of having Mylene Tu, founder of Lumaki Labs, Trailblaze Tribe, and member of the League of Innovators on the podcast! We were able to touch on her experience building startups, what excites her on Web3, and her new NFT project Trailblaze Tribe!
Check out Trailblaze Tribe:
Website: https://www.trailblazetribe.io
Socials: https://linktr.ee/trailblazetribe
Guest: Mylene Tu
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mylenetu
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/mylenetu
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mylenetu
Website: https://www.mylenetu.com
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Hosted by: Daivik Goel
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In this episode, I have the pleasure of having Kevin Michael, head of Product at Perpetua AI on the podcast! We were able to touch on the platform they are building, how one can scale an E-Commerce business, and some of his advice for young entrepreneurs.
This is a great episode for anyone interested in E-Commerce or potentially getting involved in startups.
If you are interested in working with Kevin, feel free to check out some of the openings at Perpetua AI's career website: https://jobs.lever.co/perpetualabs.com
Guest: Kevin Michael
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevin1michael/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/kevin1michael
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In this quick episode, I talk with Danilo Joksimovic, co-founder of Scena 360, a platform aimed at providing an immersive 3D gathering space to host conferences and meetups. We touch on some of the product itself, why certain decisions were made, and then go into what excites him about the metaverse in general!
This is a great episode for anyone interested in the metaverse and the potential that 3D programs have!
You can sign up as a Pro User for a month using the signup link and the code "almostdropouts" or "scenaalmostdropouts": https://app.scena360.com/?cs=1
Guest: Danilo Joksimovic
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/djoksimo/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/djoksimo
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In this quick episode, I talk with Helen and Sefunmi, two graduates from the University of Waterloo, who are currently working on Co.Lab, a mentorship program made to help people break into tech!
We touch on what some challenges of founding it have been, why they believe its important to have diversity in tech and some of the success stories from the program.
This is a great episode for anyone interested in starting their own venture or looking into breaking into tech! I apologize for the slight delay in the podcast with our voices.
Check out the program at Co.Lab: https://www.joincolab.io
Follow Co.Lab on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/joincolab/
Guest: Helen Huang
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/heyohelen/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/heyohelen
Guest: Sefunmi Osinaike
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sefunmiosinaike/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/SefunmiOshy
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In this quick episode, I talk with Iris Guo, a Finance and Computer Science student at the University of Waterloo, who is currently working at Google X, will be working at Microsoft and has founded two startups!
We touch on what her startups OpenMeal and Neutrify do, what inspired her to do them and some challenges/successes!
This is a great episode for anyone interested in starting their own venture!
Guest: Iris Guo
Follow her socials here: https://linktr.ee/irisguo
Follow Neutrify: https://www.linkedin.com/company/neutrify
Subscribe to the sustainability newsletter: https://bit.ly/neutrify-newsletter
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Hosted by: Daivik Goel
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Dive by Sodhivine https://soundcloud.com/sodhivine/dive?in=sodhivine/sets/dive-ep
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In this quick episode, I talk to Benjamin Kranc, an expert on Canadian Immigration Law and principal of Law Firm Kranc Associates. We focus on how employers and employees can go about getting their work permits as well as some major trends in the Canadian Tech Scene!
For anyone interested in immigrating to Canada, this is definitely an episode you would want to check out!
Guest: Benjamin Kranc
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/benjaminkranc/
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Hosted by: Daivik Goel
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End Credit Song: Dive by Sodhivine
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In this quick episode, I talk with Sanjeev Musuvathy, a venture capitalist and sophomore at UNC. Sanjeev has a lot of experience in Venture Capital, Startups, and Consulting. He made the first investment at the Boston Based Odds On VC Fund, founded UNC’s first student-run VC fund Lux Libertas Ventures and has led key strategy projects for Y-Combinator startups Nabis & Bamboo as well as Lenovo & a F300 pharmaceutical company.
I was excited to talk to him how he got into Venture Capital, how he got started in creating his own Venture Capital Fund and how he goes about evaluating startups?
For anyone interested in Venture Capital and Startups this is definitely an episode you would want to check out!
Guest: Sanjeev Musuvathy
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sanjeevmusuvathy/
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Hosted by: Daivik Goel
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End Credit Song: Dive by Sodhivine
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In this episode, I talk with my friend Vyom Malhotra, a former SWE Intern at NVIDIA, ECE student at uWaterloo and a filmmaker! I was excited to talk to him about what inspired him to get into filmmaking, how he balances creating films with full time engineering, how he leads a team in creating a movie and more!
For anyone interested in filmmaking and the process, this is definitely an episode you would want to check out!
You can check out these pages to support and get more information on Vyom's next movie project, When I Break:
Indiegogo Crowdfunding Page: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/when-i-break-short-film#/
Instagram: @whenibreakfilm
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/whenibreakfilm/
Guest: Vyom Malhotra
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/vyomsmart/featured
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vyommalhotra/
Instagram: @vyommalhotra
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Dive by Sodhivine: https://soundcloud.com/sodhivine/dive?in=sodhivine/sets/dive-ep
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In this episode, I talk with Jai Relan, a young 15 year old entrepreneur and former TedX speaker! I was excited to talk to him about his take on how Gen-Z approaches entrepreneurship, why he decided to found his startup WhyQ and some of the struggles of starting a business at a young age.
It was an absolute pleasure to talk with him and it is amazing how he has developed such a robust outlook on startups and tech at such a young age. The next generation is going to do remarkable things.
Since we were connecting across the world so at the end there was a little bit of a lag in our conversation. I apologize about that.
You can check out these pages for more information on Jai's startup, WhyQ:
Business Insider Article: https://www.businessinsider.in/business/startups/news/these-indian-teenagers-have-come-up-with-a-queue-management-solution-for-retailers-to-ensure-people-dont-crowd-stores/articleshow/76105429.cms
WhyQ Website: https://whyq.net.in/
Guest: Jai Relan
https://jairelan.github.io/
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jairelan/
Instagram: https://instagram.com/jai_relan
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End Credit Song: Dive by Sodhivine https://soundcloud.com/sodhivine/dive?in=sodhivine/sets/dive-ep
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In this episode, I talk with my friend Siddharth Kumar, an MDE at Apple, an actor and content creator! I was excited to talk to him about his recent YouTube video on handling tech addiction, how he is working with a team to plan out and film a movie during the pandemic, how to start creating content and more!
For anyone interested in movies, content or working to pursue your passions this is definitely an episode you would want to check out!
You can check out these pages for more information on Sid's next movie project, When I Break:
Instagram: @whenibreakfilm
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/whenibreakfilm/
Guest: Siddharth Kumar
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/SiddharthKumar21
YANR Podcast: https://anchor.fm/siddharth-kumar23
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/siddharth-kumar/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/siddharth_kamal_kumar/
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End Credit Song: Dive by Sodhivine
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In this quick episode, I talk with Nick, co-founder of a new YC Startup called Superpowered. I was excited to talk to him about what Superpowered does, how YC has helped them throughout the process and what it was like to have their product go viral on Product Hunt! For anyone interested in startups this is definitely an episode you would want to check out!
You can check out what Superpowered here:
http://superpowered.me/
https://techcrunch.com/2021/03/10/superpowered-lets-you-see-your-schedule-and-join-meetings-from-the-mac-menu-bar/
Guest: Nick Yang
https://nickyang.me/
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nkxyz/
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End Credit Song: Dive by Sodhivine
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Hello everyone! Welcome to the seventeenth episode of The Almost Dropouts! In this episode, we have Ayush, a high school student with a mental health startup called Talk Happi. Today I was excited to talk to him about his challenges being a young founder and how recent events have impacted him and his peers.
Guest: Ayush Malhotra
https://www.talkhappi.com/
Instagram: @talkhappi
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aradhya-b/
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Hosted by: Daivik Goel
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Hello everyone! Welcome to the sixteenth episode of The Almost Dropouts! In this episode, we have my friend Aradhya, a Software Engineering student at the University of Western Ontario as well an incoming Software Engineering Intern at Google and Consulting Intern at McKinsey. Today we decided to discuss some startups that we are super excited about and talk about how they are set to disrupt their respective spaces!
Here are links to the startups we talk about:
Wingcopter - https://techcrunch.com/2021/01/24/wingcopter-raises-22-million-to-expand-to-the-u-s-and-launch-a-next-generation-drone/
X1 Card - https://techcrunch.com/2021/01/14/x1-card-raises-12-million-for-its-credit-card-with-limits-based-on-your-income/
iStox - https://techcrunch.com/2021/01/20/digital-securities-platform-istox-closes-50-million-series-a-to-make-private-equity-accessible-to-more-investors/
Ground News - https://ground.news
Mythical Games - https://mythical.games/
Neutral - https://www.ivey.uwo.ca/entrepreneurship/news/2020/11/neutral-measuring-the-costs-of-online-shopping/
Clubhouse - https://www.joinclubhouse.com
Guest: Aradhya Bansal
Instagram: @aradhya.ba
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aradhya-b/
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Hosted by: Daivik Goel
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Hello everyone! In this podcast, we have Fuad, a former intern at Twitter and Tesla as well as an Engineering student at McMaster University. We discuss various subjects such as Fuad's experience getting jobs at Twitter and Tesla, his advice for internship seekers as well as a dive in his experience creating his podcast Into the Adult-verse! If you have any topic you want to be discussed in the future please let me know and I will be happy to try incorporating it in the future. Thanks!
Guest: Fuad Ali
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ahmedfuadali/
Into the Adultverse Podcast: https://linktr.ee/intotheadultverse
Instagram: @tofuadmiral
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Hosted by: Daivik Goel
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Hello everyone and welcome to the fourteenth episode of The Almost Dropouts! In this episode, we have Sarah, Recruiter Coordinator On Site at Google via Nelson Staffing. We discuss various subjects such as her journey on getting her position at Google, career coaching at Red Thread Services, the difference between a Recruiting Coordinator, Recruiter and Sourcer, how important is networking when finding a position and advice for students trying to get positions! Hope you enjoy!
Guest: Sarah Davidson
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sarah-davidson3/
Red Thread Services: https://www.linkedin.com/company/red-thread-services/
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Hosted by: Daivik Goel
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LinkedIn: http://linkedin.com/in/daivikg/
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Hello everyone! In this podcast, we have Christian, a Computer Engineering student at the University of Waterloo as well as a cofounder of Moralyzer, a new social media who's mission is to make the recent conversations surrounding social justice be not just a trend, but a permanent discussion we need to have. We discuss various subjects such as what Moralyzer is, some lessons he's learnt from creating his startup and what the future holds for him! If you have any topic you want to be discussed in the future please let me know and I will be happy to try incorporating it in the future. Thanks!
Guest: Christian Varriale
Moralyzer Demo Website: https://demo.moralyzer.com/
Moralyzer's Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/moralyzer/
Christian's Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/christianvarriale/
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Hosted by: Daivik Goel
LinkedIn: http://linkedin.com/in/daivikg/
Instagram: @daivikgoel
Medium: https://medium.com/@daivikgoel
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Hello everyone! In this podcast, we have Kaustav, a Mechatronics Engineering student at the University of Waterloo as well as a current Mechanical Design Intern at Apple and former intern at Tesla. We discuss various subjects such as Kaustav's advice for internship seekers, his experience getting jobs at Apple and Tesla as well as a deep dive on bettering your chances of getting Mechanical Design internships! If you have any topic you want to be discussed in the future please let me know and I will be happy to try incorporating it in the future. Thanks!
Guest: Kaustav Chaudhuri
Instagram: @kaustav.chaudhuri
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kaustav-chaudhuri/
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Youtube: https://youtu.be/fXgMNad7Lr4
Hosted by: Daivik Goel
Medium: https://medium.com/@daivikgoel
LinkedIn: http://linkedin.com/in/daivikg/
Instagram: @daivikgoel
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Hello everyone! Welcome to the eleventh episode of The Almost Dropouts! In this episode, we have my friend Zulphkar, a Mechanical Engineering student at the University of Waterloo as well as an iPhone Quality Manager Intern at Apple. We discuss various subjects such as Zulphkar's experiences adjusting to engineering, his experience getting a job at Apple along with some tips he has for that! I hope you enjoy it! If you have any topic you want to be discussed in the future please let me know and I will be happy to try incorporating it in the future. Thanks!
Guest: Zulphkar Yalchin
Instagram: @zulphkar
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/zyalchin/
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Youtube: https://youtu.be/onIsIh7xpWM
Hosted by: Daivik Goel
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LinkedIn: http://linkedin.com/in/daivikg/
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Hello everyone! Welcome to the tenth episode of The Almost Dropouts! In this episode, we have Neil and Parth, interns at Apple and Tesla. They are co-founders of Augment, a new community of diverse interns with unique backgrounds & experiences, whose main mission is to empower and elevate students around the world.
We discuss various subjects such as the motivation to make Augment, what the short and long term goals are there for the platform, how students can start to utilize Linkedin for networking and what students can do to make the most of fall term being online. We hope you enjoy! If you have anything else you want to discuss please let me know! Thanks!
Augment
https://www.linkedin.com/company/augment-official/
Guest: Parth Sareen
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/parthsareen/
Guest: Neil Sharma
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/neil2/
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Youtube: https://youtu.be/XyoU0lUqb-k
Hosted by: Daivik Goel
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LinkedIn: http://linkedin.com/in/daivikg/
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Hello everyone! Welcome to the ninth episode of The Almost Dropouts! In this episode, we have Shreyas, a Senior PM at Amazon!
We discuss various subjects such as Shreyas' experience of moving from Software Engineering to PM, some tips he has on resumes and interviews as well as some resources he suggests that can be useful to aspiring PMs. We hope you enjoy! If you have any topic you want to be discussed in the future please let me know and I will be happy to try incorporating it in the future. I have some resources he mentioned down below! Thanks!
General Product Management Books
Inspired by Marty Cagan: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cagan/
The lean product playbook by Dan Olsen: https://www.linkedin.com/in/danolsen98/
Hard things about the hard things by Ben Horowitz https://www.linkedin.com/in/behorowitz/
Interview Prep
The product manager interview by Lewis C. Lin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lewislin/ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjm_qVkCPjOVDz9BWjNqO9A by:
PM Mentoring https://www.helpyourpeers.com/
Nupur Jain: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nupurjain/
Kartik Sundar: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sundarkartik/
Guest: Shreyas Sali
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shreyassali/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/SaliShreyas
shreyassali.com
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Youtube: https://youtu.be/PqX28GoDODA
Hosted by: Daivik Goel
Medium: https://medium.com/@daivikgoel
LinkedIn: http://linkedin.com/in/daivikg/
Instagram: @daivikgoel
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Hello everyone! Welcome to the eight-episode of The Almost Dropouts! In this episode, we have my friend Sanid, an Electrical Engineering student at the University of British Columbia as well as an incoming Software Engineering Intern at Microsoft. We discuss various subjects such as Sanid's experience getting his Microsoft Internship without any work experience, some of the stuff he is excited for, and our thoughts on how students should approach the coronavirus situation. We hope you enjoy! If you have any topic you want to be discussed in the future please let me know and I will be happy to try incorporating it in the future.
Guest: Sanid Singhal
Instagram: @sanid.s
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sanids/
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Youtube: https://youtu.be/BXb4-V351Ho
Hosted by: Daivik Goel
Medium: https://medium.com/@daivikgoel
LinkedIn: http://linkedin.com/in/daivikg/
Instagram: @daivikgoel
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Hello everyone! Welcome to the seventh podcast of The Almost Dropouts. In this podcast we took your questions from LinkedIn and Instagram and answer them based on our experiences! We hope that this can help out especially during this time where so many students are losing their jobs/internships. If you have any questions that you want us to answer in a future podcast please DM us on our social media and we will be sure to try answering it! The timestamps for the respective questions are below! Thanks for listening!
2:50 - Any tips for building skills while out of a job?
17:02 - How do you go about tailoring your resume for a specific posting?
25:26 - What's your opinion on the level of importance of cover letters?
36:55 - Would be curious to learn about your guys' opinions on specific job portals other than LinkedIn (AngelList, Indeed, Zip Recruiter, etc.)
42:16 - How to strategically/practically use and leverage LinkedIn to build professional connections?
48:29 - Would love to hear your suggestions on what students can do this summer to develop themselves even if they haven’t landed an internship!
54:20 - If you have multiple job offers, what's your decision making process to choosing just one to accept?
59:50 - I'm interested to know how students can remain competitive for next summer's hiring cycle, if they were unable to secure a co-op this summer. I'd like to hear everyone's perspective, but especially from a mechanical engineering perspective.
1:09:12 - One of the biggest things advisors drilled into me is to apply, apply, apply and just try to get a foot in anywhere while I'm hunting for internships. Given what ‘s going on in the world do you think I should be keeping my foot on the gas? Or would it be more productive to work more on developing myself instead (learning new technologies, doing personal projects, starting my own businesses, etc.)
1:18:40 - What industries do you think will hiring a lot during the pandemic?
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Guest: Vaibhav Patel
Instagram: @vaibhav_patel99
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vaibhav-patel99/
Guest: Siddharth Kumar
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNzgTFBuJnFdlkC_hU4WO9A
Instagram: @sidd_is_shifu
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/siddharth-kumar/
Guest: Devidutta Biswabharati
Instagram: @devibiscuit
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dbiswabh/
Guest: Zulphkar Yalchin
Instagram: @zulphkar
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/zyalchin/
Hosted by: Daivik Goel
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Hello everyone! Welcome to the sixth episode of The Almost Dropouts! In this episode, we have my friend Aradhya, a Software Engineering student at the University of Western Ontario as well as an incoming Software Engineering Intern at Google. We discuss various subjects such as Aradhya's experiences adjusting to engineering, his experience getting a job at Google along with some tips and a sneak peak on an exciting new project we are working on. Hope you enjoy! If you have any topic you want to be discussed in the future please let me know and I will be happy to try incorporating it in the future. I know that there are slight audio issues and am working to resolve them! Thanks!
Guest: Aradhya Bansal
Instagram: @aradhya.ba
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aradhya-b/
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Youtube: https://youtu.be/SO5pBiO8WHA
Hosted by: Daivik Goel
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LinkedIn: http://linkedin.com/in/daivikg/
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Hello everyone! Welcome to the fifth episode of The Almost Dropouts! In this episode, we have my friend Vaibhav, a Mechanical Engineering student at the University of Waterloo as well as a former Test Engineering Intern at Tesla. We discuss various subjects such as Vaibhav's experience on his design team, getting our first job, our experiences at Tesla, and the impact that Corona Virus will have on tech and sports. Hope you enjoy! If you have any topic you want to be discussed in the future please let me know and I will be happy to try incorporating it in the future.
Guest: Vaibhav Patel
Instagram: @vaibhav_patel99
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vaibhav-patel99/
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Hosted by: Daivik Goel
Medium: https://medium.com/@daivikgoel
LinkedIn: http://linkedin.com/in/daivikg/
Instagram: @daivikgoel
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Hello everyone! Welcome to the fourth episode of The Almost Dropouts! In this episode, we have my friends Sarthak and Vyom, and discuss about various subjects such as our experiences in ECE at uWaterloo, our underlying motivations and other philosophical topics. Just as a PSA it goes a little off the rails and becomes pretty unstructured. If you want something more concise I would recommend listening to the other episodes! Otherwise I hope you enjoy!
Guests: Sarthak
Instagram: @elontusk_
Guest: Vyom
Instagram: @vyommalhotra
Watch Exam Day Sid and Vyom's new Short Film:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nkVXQI4e3J8&feature=youtu.be
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Hosted by: Daivik Goel
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Hello everyone! Welcome to the third episode of The Almost Dropouts! In this episode, we have Siddharth Kumar, a Mechanical Design Engineer at Apple, Actor, and Youtuber! We talk about a lot of various topics like Engineering, the arts and ultimately where the intersection lies between the two!
Guest: Siddharth Kumar
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNzgTFBuJnFdlkC_hU4WO9A
Instagram: @sidd_is_shifu
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Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9y_IFBnMyC8
Watch Exam Day Sid and Vyom's new Short Film:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nkVXQI4e3J8&feature=youtu.be
Hosted by: Daivik Goel
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LinkedIn: http://linkedin.com/in/daivikg/
Instagram: @daivikgoel
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Hello everyone! Welcome to the second episode of The Almost Dropouts! In this episode we have Prashant Bagga, a former Product Manager Intern at Microsoft and current Nanotechnology Engineering student at the University of Waterloo. We talk about a lot of different products and companies during this podcast which you can see in the timestamps below!
- 0:00 - Introduction to the Podcast
- 1:42 - Pixel 4 Google Event and Smartphones in General
- 12:43 - Companies Shifting Their Strategies Towards Services
- 21:41 - Apple's Shift to Working with Third Parties
- 29:03 - Apple's Brand Recognition and How It Worked on Establishing AirPods
- 32:58 - Apple's Various Services and the Subscription Model
- 39:06 - The Future of Home Products (Amazon vs Google)
- 50:11 - Data Privacy and How Companies Are Approaching it
- 1:07:53 - Discussion on TikTok and Chinese Influence on Companies
- 1:11:35 - Discussion on Facebook and Their Strategy Against the Competition
- 1:17:25 - The Power of Chinese Companies and Them Cracking the Global Market
- 1:22:21 - CEOs Relationship With The White House
- 1:25:24 - The Platform of Breaking Up Big Tech and Taxing Software Purchases
- 1:30:26 - Facebook's Rebranding and What it Means
- 1:33:49 - The Congress Hearings
- 1:36:18 - Discussion on Facebook's New CryptoCurrency Libra
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Hello everyone! Welcome to the first podcast of The Almost Dropouts, a student led podcast, where we discuss a wide variety of things from our experiences in Engineering and University as a whole to where the tech industry is heading!
In this episode we have Devi, a 3B Mechanical Engineering student at the University of Waterloo. We talk about a variety of subjects that you can find at the time stamps below!
- 0:00 - Introduction to the Podcast
- 4:11- First Year Experiences
- 9:14 - Engineering and 1st Coop Hunt Experiences
- 16:01 - Adjusting to Learning in University
- 21:44 - Achieving a Work Life Balance
- 25:35 - Conversation on Mental Health
- 30:58 - The Future of MOOC's
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